{"id":32534,"date":"2025-08-28T14:46:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/?post_type=dan_alert_diver&#038;p=32534"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:46:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:46:53","slug":"imran-ahmad","status":"publish","type":"dan_alert_diver","link":"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/fr\/alert-diver\/article\/imran-ahmad\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Ahmad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La mer a captiv\u00e9 Imran Ahmad d\u00e8s son plus jeune \u00e2ge. En grandissant \u00e0 Singapour, le jeune Imran ne manquait jamais une occasion d\u2019aller p\u00eacher avec son p\u00e8re, policier, sur leur bateau au large des c\u00f4tes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il se souvient d\u2019une conversation pr\u00e9coce avec son p\u00e8re, lui laissant entrevoir que sa voie serait diff\u00e9rente de celle de ses camarades. Apr\u00e8s avoir regard\u00e9 un documentaire de <em>National Geographic&nbsp;<\/em>mettant en sc\u00e8ne des plongeurs et leurs appareils photo sous-marins, il lui avait dit que c\u2019\u00e9tait ce qu\u2019il voulait faire plus tard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_62_Shooter-450x675-1.webp\" alt=\"a beautiful area of soft corals swaying in the gentle current\" class=\"wp-image-32549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_62_Shooter-450x675-1.webp 450w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_62_Shooter-450x675-1-240x360.webp 240w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_62_Shooter-450x675-1-8x12.webp 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Changer de perspective.\n\nMon bin\u00f4me de plong\u00e9e m\u2019a demand\u00e9 pourquoi j\u2019avais mont\u00e9 mon objectif Nikonos RS 13 mm plut\u00f4t que mon outil habituel, la macro invers\u00e9e, sur mon bo\u00eetier. J\u2019ai simplement r\u00e9pondu : \u00ab J\u2019aime \u00eatre surpris. \u00bb\nLe d\u00e9troit de Lembeh, en Indon\u00e9sie, est l\u2019une des plus grandes destinations au monde pour la macrophotographie, mais si l\u2019on plonge un peu plus profond et qu\u2019on s\u2019\u00e9loigne de la foule de photographes macro, on d\u00e9couvre un superbe jardin de coraux mous ondulant dans le courant. Parfois, tout est une question de changement de perspective.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_65_Shooter-450x675-1.webp\" alt=\"Reverse Ring Macro Combination Lens on a Frogfish\" class=\"wp-image-32547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_65_Shooter-450x675-1.webp 450w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_65_Shooter-450x675-1-240x360.webp 240w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_65_Shooter-450x675-1-8x12.webp 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Objectif combin\u00e9 macro invers\u00e9 sur un poisson-grenouille.\n\nMon premier voyage \u00e0 Anilao remonte \u00e0 2011, et je ne savais pas trop \u00e0 quoi m\u2019attendre. J\u2019en \u00e9tais \u00e0 la phase de test de ma configuration macro invers\u00e9e et j\u2019ai d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d\u2019exp\u00e9rimenter. Cette configuration comprenait un objectif 24\u201370 mm combin\u00e9 \u00e0 un 50 mm f\/1.4 invers\u00e9.\nAvant de r\u00e9aliser cette photo, j\u2019avais test\u00e9 avec d\u2019autres poissons-grenouilles de diff\u00e9rentes couleurs, mais celui-ci \u2014 noir et jaune \u2014 fut le plus difficile. Il se balan\u00e7ait dans le courant, perch\u00e9 sur une corniche \u00e0 20 m\u00e8tres de profondeur, mais d\u00e8s que j\u2019ai regard\u00e9 dans le viseur, j\u2019ai su que c\u2019\u00e9tait la bonne image. Le bokeh \u00e9tait cr\u00e9meux, \u00e9clatant, et j\u2019ai imm\u00e9diatement compris que cette photo deviendrait un classique.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bien que le p\u00e8re d\u2019Imran ait d\u2019abord r\u00e9sist\u00e9, estimant que les ambitions familiales pour lui s\u2019orientaient plut\u00f4t vers l\u2019ing\u00e9nierie, la m\u00e9decine ou la finance, cette opposition ne dura pas longtemps.\n\u00c0 huit ans, son p\u00e8re lui avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 achet\u00e9 un appareil photo et lui avait montr\u00e9 comment il fonctionnait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imran se plongea compl\u00e8tement dans les documentaires de&nbsp;<em>National Geographic&nbsp;<\/em>et s\u2019imaginait en jeune David Doubilet.\nUn jour, alors que sa famille \u00e9tait \u00e0 la plage, son p\u00e8re accepta enfin de le laisser prendre quelques photos seul. Imran courut aussit\u00f4t vers le rivage et sauta dans les vagues, fier de l\u2019appareil photo tout neuf de son p\u00e8re suspendu autour de son cou.\nMalheureusement, ce n\u2019\u00e9tait pas un appareil \u00e9tanche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_63_Shooter-450x300-1.webp\" alt=\"Teddy Bear Crab\" class=\"wp-image-32544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_63_Shooter-450x300-1.webp 450w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_63_Shooter-450x300-1-360x240.webp 360w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_63_Shooter-450x300-1-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Crabe nounours.\nGorontalo est une province situ\u00e9e sur l\u2019\u00eele de Sulawesi, en Indon\u00e9sie. Connue pour la clart\u00e9 de ses eaux, ses paisibles requins-baleines g\u00e9ants et ses magnifiques plong\u00e9es le long des tombants, ce n\u2019est pourtant pas une destination r\u00e9put\u00e9e pour la macrophotographie.\nMais gr\u00e2ce au regard aff\u00fbt\u00e9 de mon guide photo, Yunis, j\u2019ai d\u00e9couvert un crabe nounours blotti parmi les coraux mous, me fixant du regard.\nJ\u2019avais aper\u00e7u pour la premi\u00e8re fois cette petite merveille de la macro en 2000, avant de la retrouver quatorze ans plus tard, en 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_67_Shooter-450x300-1.webp\" alt=\"Art Meets Science, Aldabra Atoll\" class=\"wp-image-32545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_67_Shooter-450x300-1.webp 450w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_67_Shooter-450x300-1-360x240.webp 360w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_67_Shooter-450x300-1-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Quand l\u2019art rencontre la science, atoll d\u2019Aldabra.\nAlors que la plupart des gens pr\u00e9f\u00e8rent admirer le coucher du soleil confortablement install\u00e9s dans le salon de plage, j\u2019ai choisi de pagayer pour ressentir la mont\u00e9e d\u2019adr\u00e9naline de l\u2019heure dor\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019atoll d\u2019Aldabra, aux Seychelles.\nCe n\u2019est pas un endroit facile d\u2019acc\u00e8s, mais les r\u00e9compenses offertes par ce lieu o\u00f9 l\u2019art rencontre la science sont \u00e0 la hauteur des efforts qu\u2019il faut fournir pour s\u2019y rendre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Apr\u00e8s ces d\u00e9buts peu prometteurs en photographie sous-marine, la r\u00e9v\u00e9lation d\u2019Imran eut lieu lorsque Stan Waterman et David Doubilet vinrent \u00e0 Singapour dans le cadre d\u2019une tourn\u00e9e de conf\u00e9rences.\n\u00c0 la fin de la projection de diapositives et du film, le jeune Imran, alors \u00e2g\u00e9 de 12 ans, fut le premier \u00e0 se pr\u00e9cipiter pour serrer la main de Doubilet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quels mots de sagesse Imran se souvient-il avoir entendus de Doubilet ce jour-l\u00e0 ?\n\u00ab Les nudibranches ont le go\u00fbt du poulet. \u00bb\nJe peux facilement imaginer Doubilet dire quelque chose d\u2019aussi espi\u00e8gle, accompagn\u00e9 d\u2019un clin d\u2019\u0153il complice \u00e0 un enfant avide d\u2019apprendre.\nImran lui r\u00e9pondit :\n\u00ab Je prendrai des photos comme vous. \u00bb\nIl avait des ambitions \u00e9lev\u00e9es, mais aussi une confiance et une passion in\u00e9branlables qui ne l\u2019ont jamais quitt\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_64_Shooter-450x600-1.webp\" alt=\"Imran Ahmad\" class=\"wp-image-32548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_64_Shooter-450x600-1.webp 450w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_64_Shooter-450x600-1-270x360.webp 270w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_64_Shooter-450x600-1-9x12.webp 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Imran Ahmad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_72_Shooter-450x600-1.webp\" alt=\"World of Acropora in Melissa\u2019s Garden\" class=\"wp-image-32536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_72_Shooter-450x600-1.webp 450w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_72_Shooter-450x600-1-270x360.webp 270w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_72_Shooter-450x600-1-9x12.webp 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Monde d\u2019Acropora dans le jardin de Melissa, Raja Ampat, Indon\u00e9sie.\nJe voulais que plongeurs et non-plongeurs puissent appr\u00e9cier l\u2019importance de notre \u00e9cosyst\u00e8me marin, sa fragilit\u00e9, sa beaut\u00e9 et son myst\u00e8re.\nL\u2019objectif fisheye Nikkor 8\u201315 mm peut \u00eatre utilis\u00e9 en mode grand-angle rectilin\u00e9aire ou circulaire ; j\u2019emploie le 8 mm circulaire avec parcimonie.\nDans ce cas, je flottais au-dessus de l\u2019un des plus beaux panoramas de Raja Ampat : le jardin d\u2019Acropora de Melissa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ne pas comprendre la diff\u00e9rence entre un appareil photo sous-marin et un appareil terrestre n\u2019\u00e9tait pas la seule lacune dans ses connaissances photographiques.\nIl ne connaissait pas encore les bases des ouvertures et des vitesses d\u2019obturation.\nUn artisan qui d\u00e9veloppait des pellicules et r\u00e9alisait des tirages en chambre noire se prit d\u2019amiti\u00e9 pour lui et l\u2019inspira \u00e0 acheter son premier appareil photo afin qu\u2019il puisse exp\u00e9rimenter par lui-m\u00eame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Au march\u00e9 aux puces local, Imran trouva un Minolta 7xi, un appareil reflex argentique (SLR) \u00e9quip\u00e9 de puces interchangeables permettant de contr\u00f4ler l\u2019automatisation.\nIl pouvait \u00e9galement \u00eatre utilis\u00e9 en mode manuel, ce qu\u2019Imran pr\u00e9f\u00e9rait, photographiant avec voracit\u00e9 toutes sortes de sujets naturels et urbains \u00e0 travers Singapour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_68_Shooter-450x300-1.webp\" alt=\"Close Portrait of a Tiger Shark in the Bahamas\" class=\"wp-image-32541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_68_Shooter-450x300-1.webp 450w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_68_Shooter-450x300-1-360x240.webp 360w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_68_Shooter-450x300-1-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portrait rapproch\u00e9 d\u2019un requin-tigre aux Bahamas.\nUn objectif 50 mm f\/1.8 n\u2019est pas l\u2019outil habituel pour r\u00e9aliser le portrait d\u2019un grand requin-tigre.\nAlors que les autres photographes \u00e0 Tiger Beach, aux Bahamas, se concentraient sur les vues d\u2019ensemble, je voulais, moi, aller au plus pr\u00e8s.\nJe cherchais \u00e0 r\u00e9v\u00e9ler les ampoules de Lorenzini, les entailles et la pigmentation de l\u2019animal.\nEn revoyant ces images plus tard, ma perception des requins-tigres a compl\u00e8tement chang\u00e9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_69_Shooter-450x300-1.webp\" alt=\"Houndsharks Patrolling in Shark City\" class=\"wp-image-32540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_69_Shooter-450x300-1.webp 450w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_69_Shooter-450x300-1-360x240.webp 360w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_69_Shooter-450x300-1-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Requins-h\u00e2s en patrouille \u00e0 Shark City.\nShark City est un site unique situ\u00e9 \u00e0 Ito, Tateyama, au Japon.\nEn cherchant des endroits potentiels pour photographier des requins, je suis tomb\u00e9 sur un article parlant d\u2019un \u00ab sharknado \u00bb, sign\u00e9 par un photographe japonais.\nIl ne m\u2019a pas fallu longtemps pour planifier et r\u00e9aliser mes propres clich\u00e9s.\nJe trouve qu\u2019il est pr\u00e9f\u00e9rable d\u2019y plonger en hiver, lorsque l\u2019eau est plus claire et qu\u2019il y a moins de monde.\nVous serez alors entour\u00e9 de centaines de requins-h\u00e2s, de raies pastenagues, de requins-guitares et de m\u00e9rous g\u00e9ants patrouillant dans le bleu \u00e0 la recherche de leur prochain repas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c0 ce moment-l\u00e0, il s\u2019\u00e9tait fix\u00e9 deux grands objectifs : plonger et acheter un appareil photo sous-marin.\nIl travailla dans un caf\u00e9 pour payer sa formation de plong\u00e9e, atteignant ainsi le premier but.\nLes brochures du tout nouveau Nikonos V venaient tout juste de para\u00eetre, mais cet appareil \u00e9tait hors de port\u00e9e financi\u00e8re pour sa famille.\nIl se contenta donc d\u2019un Nikonos III d\u2019occasion, \u00e9quip\u00e9 d\u2019un objectif 35 mm et d\u2019un jeu de bagues d\u2019extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">\u00c0 Singapour, tout jeune homme de plus de 16 ans doit effectuer deux ann\u00e9es de service militaire, mais cela ne fut pour Imran qu\u2019un l\u00e9ger contretemps sur son chemin vers la mer \u2014 rien qui puisse d\u00e9tourner ses r\u00eaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_66_Shooter-450x675-1.webp\" alt=\"Clear Blue Water and Sergeant Majors\" class=\"wp-image-32546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_66_Shooter-450x675-1.webp 450w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_66_Shooter-450x675-1-240x360.webp 240w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_66_Shooter-450x675-1-8x12.webp 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eau bleue cristalline et demoiselles-sergents\n\u00catre entour\u00e9 de poissons procure une sensation extraordinaire \u2014 tout semble en \u00e9quilibre et empli de joie.\nNous cherchions une photo de couverture pour mon livre Seychelles: Unexpected Treasures, et cette image faisait partie des candidates.\nFinalement, nous l\u2019avons utilis\u00e9e pour illustrer une page int\u00e9rieure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_71_Shooter-450x675-1.webp\" alt=\"Photographing Shipwrecks in the Bahamas\" class=\"wp-image-32542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_71_Shooter-450x675-1.webp 450w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_71_Shooter-450x675-1-240x360.webp 240w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_71_Shooter-450x675-1-8x12.webp 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographie d\u2019\u00e9paves aux Bahamas.\n\nJe plongeais depuis un yacht priv\u00e9, au sud-ouest de l\u2019\u00eele de New Providence, aux Bahamas.\nAlors que nous jetions l\u2019ancre, j\u2019ai regard\u00e9 par-dessus bord et aper\u00e7u la plus belle eau azur que j\u2019aie jamais vue. Elle \u00e9tait d\u2019une clart\u00e9 incroyable, et juste sous nous, dans les eaux peu profondes, se dessinait la silhouette unmistakable d\u2019une \u00e9pave.\nNous avons plong\u00e9 sur cette \u00e9pave parfaitement dress\u00e9e, et le mod\u00e8le a permis de donner une \u00e9chelle de grandeur \u00e0 la sc\u00e8ne.\nAvec le bon moment de la journ\u00e9e et les bonnes conditions de lumi\u00e8re, des photos comme celle-ci deviennent faciles \u00e0 ma\u00eetriser \u2014\napr\u00e8s tout, votre sujet principal ne risque pas de s\u2019enfuir !<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c0 son retour \u00e0 la vie civile, il travailla dans un centre de plong\u00e9e \u00e0 Singapour et commen\u00e7a \u00e0 organiser jusqu\u2019\u00e0 45 voyages par an pour les clients du magasin \u2014 de courtes excursions vers la Malaisie et l\u2019Indon\u00e9sie, \u00e0 la recherche des eaux claires et des r\u00e9cifs coralliens que l\u2019on ne trouvait pas dans les zones c\u00f4ti\u00e8res proches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il acheta un flash Nikonos SB-103 dans un autre march\u00e9 aux puces et d\u00e9couvrit ainsi que la couleur pouvait exister dans ses photos sous-marines.\nCela lui offrit \u00e9galement une opportunit\u00e9 commerciale : il pouvait d\u00e9sormais vendre ses diapositives \u00e0 ses clients de voyage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Il apprit \u00e9galement \u00e0 d\u00e9monter et r\u00e9parer son appareil photo Nikonos et ses objectifs lorsque ceux-ci finissaient in\u00e9vitablement par prendre l\u2019eau, au lieu de les envoyer en r\u00e9paration chaque fois qu\u2019une goutte franchissait un joint torique.\nSa prochaine acquisition fut un objectif grand-angle Sea &amp; Sea 15 mm.\n\u00c0 la fin de son adolescence, Imran \u00e9tait capable de r\u00e9aliser les m\u00eames images que celles qu\u2019il admirait dans les magazines de plong\u00e9e asiatiques et de se constituer un portfolio \u00e0 v\u00e9ritable valeur \u00e9ditoriale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaque fois qu\u2019il voyageait, il se rendait dans des librairies pour y chercher les adresses des r\u00e9dacteurs de magazines de plong\u00e9e.\nSa lettre de candidature, envoy\u00e9e par courrier postal, \u00e9tait toujours la m\u00eame : \u00ab Je suis un jeune photographe sous-marin en Asie. Puis-je travailler pour vous ? \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il se pr\u00e9senta sans rendez-vous au bureau de David Espinosa, du magazine&nbsp;<em>Scuba Diver AustralAsia.&nbsp;<\/em>Espinosa, alors en pleine bouclage, n\u2019avait pas le temps de discuter et avait ferm\u00e9 sa porte.\nImran, non d\u00e9courag\u00e9, glissa simplement son portfolio sous la porte.\nEspinosa se souvint de lui, \u00e0 la fois pour son audace et pour son talent.\nIls allaient ensuite collaborer r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement, apr\u00e8s qu\u2019une photo d\u2019Imran montrant un poulpe mim\u00e9tique tentant d\u2019attraper une crevette ait finalement fait mouche et \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9e dans le magazine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_DSC0772.jpg\" alt=\"Striped Triplefin Goby\" class=\"wp-image-32552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_DSC0772.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_DSC0772-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_DSC0772-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_DSC0772-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gobie triple-fin ray\u00e9.\n\nLa macrophotographie va bien au-del\u00e0 d\u2019une simple vue agrandie. J\u2019aime le bokeh suppl\u00e9mentaire qu\u2019elle g\u00e9n\u00e8re et le fait de contr\u00f4ler la profondeur de champ pour guider le regard de mon public vers ce que je veux lui faire voir.\nLa macro, c\u2019est isoler ce qui est int\u00e9ressant.\nGr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ma technique de macro invers\u00e9e, que j\u2019ai ma\u00eetris\u00e9e apr\u00e8s beaucoup de pratique, j\u2019ai pu r\u00e9v\u00e9ler les moindres d\u00e9tails de ce gobie triple-fin ray\u00e9, photographi\u00e9 \u00e0 Bali.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sa premi\u00e8re v\u00e9ritable opportunit\u00e9 professionnelle arriva lorsque Robert Lo, propri\u00e9taire du Sipadan-Mabul Resort, commanda \u00e0 Imran la r\u00e9alisation d\u2019un livre mettant en valeur son \u00e9tablissement et les sites de plong\u00e9e autour de Mabul et Sipadan, en Malaisie.\nS\u2019ensuivit un mois entier de plong\u00e9es intensives.\nImran y apprit \u00e0 concevoir un livre, \u00e0 collaborer avec un graphiste et un imprimeur, \u00e0 v\u00e9rifier les \u00e9preuves couleur, et \u00e0 distinguer les espaces colorim\u00e9triques CMJN (CMYK) et RVB (RGB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ils finirent par produire un magnifique livre de photographie sous-marine, et Robert Lo \u00e9tait impatient de le faire conna\u00eetre.\nGr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un budget de voyage et \u00e0 ce livre servant de carte de visite, Imran se lan\u00e7a sur le circuit des salons de plong\u00e9e en Asie, cherchant \u00e0 rencontrer des r\u00e9dacteurs de magazines et \u00e0 leur proposer des images correspondant \u00e0 leur ligne \u00e9ditoriale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_70_Shooter-450x300-1.webp\" alt=\"Island Hopping and Dipping My Dome in the Shallows\" class=\"wp-image-32539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_70_Shooter-450x300-1.webp 450w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_70_Shooter-450x300-1-360x240.webp 360w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_70_Shooter-450x300-1-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">D\u2019\u00eele en \u00eele, avec le d\u00f4me dans les eaux peu profondes.\n\nCette photo fut simple \u00e0 r\u00e9aliser, mis \u00e0 part les difficult\u00e9s pour atteindre l\u2019endroit, \u00e0 Glacis, aux Seychelles.\nJe m\u2019\u00e9tais inspir\u00e9 de photos vues dans des magazines de surf.\nIl m\u2019a fallu quelques essais pour peaufiner le concept, mais tout reposait sur le bon timing, au final.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_74_Shooter-450x300-1.webp\" alt=\"Red Snappers Intrigued by My Dome Port\" class=\"wp-image-32538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_74_Shooter-450x300-1.webp 450w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_74_Shooter-450x300-1-360x240.webp 360w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_74_Shooter-450x300-1-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vivaneaux rouges intrigu\u00e9s par mon d\u00f4me.\n\nLes Maldives sont un v\u00e9ritable paradis pour les photographes sous-marins.\nJ\u2019adore l\u2019action des poissons et la clart\u00e9 de l\u2019eau \u2014 il suffit d\u2019un peu de courant et d\u2019une pinc\u00e9e de chance.\nPendant mon palier de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de cinq minutes, nous avons d\u00e9riv\u00e9 vers un petit banc de vivaneaux rouges.\nLeur rouge \u00e9clatant, vibrant au milieu du bleu apaisant de la colonne d\u2019eau, implorait d\u2019\u00eatre photographi\u00e9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Son plus grand mentor de cette p\u00e9riode fut Dietmar Fuchs, alors r\u00e9dacteur en chef du magazine&nbsp;<em>Unterwasser&nbsp;<\/em>, qui reconnut imm\u00e9diatement la vision unique et la rigueur professionnelle d\u2019Imran.\nIl lui offrit de pr\u00e9cieuses introductions et de nombreuses opportunit\u00e9s de publication.\nCe soutien permit \u00e0 Imran de s\u2019ouvrir au march\u00e9 des magazines europ\u00e9ens, \u00e9largissant ainsi sa pr\u00e9sence d\u00e9j\u00e0 bien \u00e9tablie.&nbsp;<strong>dans&nbsp;<\/strong>les magazines de plong\u00e9e asiatiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Il se rendit au grand salon nautique Boot de D\u00fcsseldorf, en Allemagne, puis, en 2006, il participa \u00e0 son premier salon DEMA (Diving Equipment and Marketing Association) en Am\u00e9rique du Nord.\nCe fut l\u2019ann\u00e9e o\u00f9 les pi\u00e8ces du puzzle commenc\u00e8rent \u00e0 s\u2019embo\u00eeter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Des clients nord-am\u00e9ricains et des collaborations avec Seacam et Nikon suivirent.\nIl fut l\u2019un des photographes vedettes du livre de collection publi\u00e9 par Dietmar Fuchs en 2012, et r\u00e9alisa ensuite un ouvrage consacr\u00e9 aux Seychelles, dont la couverture est reproduite sur celle de ce num\u00e9ro d'&nbsp;<em>Alert Diver.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imran est depuis longtemps enseignant \u00e0 l\u2019universit\u00e9, o\u00f9 il donne des cours de communication depuis 25 ans, \u00e0 la fois sur un campus \u00e0 Singapour et en ligne pour des \u00e9tudiants du Royaume-Uni et de l\u2019Australie.\nEnviron 70 % de sa vie professionnelle est consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019enseignement, et les 30 % restants \u00e0 la photographie sous-marine, soit en encadrant des voyages photo, soit en r\u00e9alisant des reportages pour des magazines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Les comp\u00e9tences qu\u2019il avait acquises en r\u00e9parant lui-m\u00eame son Nikonos III apr\u00e8s ses infiltrations d\u2019eau se sont transform\u00e9es en un v\u00e9ritable service de maintenance de caissons sous-marins, principalement pour les caissons Seacam.\nCe service est install\u00e9 l\u00e0 o\u00f9 il r\u00e9side, que ce soit \u00e0 Kuala Lumpur ou \u00e0 Singapour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il y a l\u2019Imran Ahmad tourn\u00e9 vers l\u2019oc\u00e9an, mais il y a aussi l\u2019homme priv\u00e9.\nC\u2019est un p\u00e8re de famille d\u00e9vou\u00e9, mari\u00e9 \u00e0 Debbie, et papa d\u2019une fille de 11 ans, Izabell, qui vient tout juste d\u2019obtenir sa certification de plong\u00e9e.\nComme sa m\u00e8re et son p\u00e8re, Izzy est une fi\u00e8re membre de DAN World et adore partir en vacances de plong\u00e9e en famille \u2014 tout en cherchant \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuer la tradition familiale consistant \u00e0 noyer l\u2019un des appareils photo de son p\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_76_Shooter-450x675-1.webp\" alt=\"Juvenile Barramundi\" class=\"wp-image-32543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_76_Shooter-450x675-1.webp 450w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_76_Shooter-450x675-1-240x360.webp 240w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Q3_76_Shooter-450x675-1-8x12.webp 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barramundi juv\u00e9nile.\n\nComprendre le comportement d\u2019un poisson est essentiel.\nEn essayant de photographier un barramundi juv\u00e9nile, j\u2019ai d\u00e9couvert qu\u2019il \u00e9tait beaucoup plus facile \u00e0 approcher la nuit que le jour \u2014 il \u00e9tait nettement plus d\u00e9tendu.\nJ\u2019ai eu de tr\u00e8s bons r\u00e9sultats en utilisant des lampes vid\u00e9o plut\u00f4t que des flashs.\nIl y a sans doute une part de chance dans ce que l\u2019on rencontre, mais la r\u00e9ussite, elle, d\u00e9pend avant tout de la pr\u00e9paration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-dan-light-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity 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